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Founding of Ramat Yishai

Bialystokers formed the village of Ramat Yishai in Israel in early 1925.

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... In early 1925, a group of Bialystokers formed a village in Israel, twenty kilometers from Haifa, called Ramat Yishai. Its founders, most of whom were textile tradesmen, wanted to establish a settlement in Israel whose existence would depend not only on agriculture but also on textile manufacturing. To this end, they purchased 7500 dunams of land from the American Jewish Land Society and subsequently built a textile factory containing thirty-three weaving machines with diesel motors. It cost $150,000 to purchase the land and construct the factory. ...
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